October 2007
| CD’S (PROGRESSIVE) ARGENTINA ALAS - Great keyboard led prog with a slight ELP influence and fusion slant at times. BUBU - Progressive rock masterpiece from 1978 with slight Crimson feel. Essential! PORCHETTO, RAUL - Melodic symphonic POLIFEMO - Wonderful heavy prog/rock with solid organ and guitar throughout BELGIUM AMANDA - Theatrical progressive rock in Mona Lisa, Ange style http://www.myspace.com/quiestamanda HYPNOS 69 - One of the best space rock bands around will elements of Pink Floyd and Hawkwind http://www.myspace.com/hypnos69 CANADA NEURAL MASS - Hard & heavy space rock www.myspace.com/neuralmass CHILE LOS JAIVAS FINLAND ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT - 4th album of craziness http://www.myspace.com/alamaailmanvasarat FRANCE ALARCEN, JEAN PIERRE - Sandrose guitarist. Classical symphonicism EDEN ROSE - Pre-Sandrose progressive jazz with Jean Pierre Alarcen MORGLBL - Fusion trio made up of guitar, bass, drums & vocals. Excellent! http://www.myspace.com/morglbl MYSTERE MAN - Heavy symphonic with crunchy guitars and French vocals SANDROSE - One of the best French progressive albums with female vocals, mellotron and the great guitaring of Mr. Alarcen GERMANY CLUSTER COLOUR HAZE - One of the leading stoner/psychedelic/progressive/space rock bands http://www.myspace.com/colourhaze DEUTER - Back in print is this 70’s progressive space with mid-east percussion sounds FROESE, EDGAR - Original Virgin Records pressing GAA - Finally back in print! TANGERINE DREAM YATHA SIDRA - Much cheaper repressing ISRAEL MIEL, SHIMSHON - Mega-rare private prog/acid folk release from 1977 ITALY ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI - Top-notch instrumental fusion (keyboards, bass, guitar, drums) in Deus Ex Machina and DFA style http://www.myspace.com/accordodeicontrari AREA BEYTELMANN, GUSTAVO & EZIO BOSSO - Chamber music mixed with RIO made up of double bass, piano and percussion ESAGONO - 2nd album from the 70's. Half studio and other half live. Great jazz fusion MASS MEDIA - 2nd album of symphonic fusion. Some amazing chops displayed here! MONACO, DONELLA DEL PFM VENEGONI & CO. JAPAN OUTER LIMITS - Limited edition EP NETHERLANDS KAYAK - Sure was a bugger getting this one! NEW ZEALAND LAMP OF THE UNIVERSE, THE - Another great cosmic mind journey with sitar, tables, tanpura, rain stick and more NORWAY WINTHERSTORMER - Brilliant electronic work in 70’s Klaus Schulze/Tangerine Dream style POLAND SBB PORTUGAL PROJECT CREATION - New album. Very nice! http://www.myspace.com/projectcreationSATURNIA - Fantastic space rock with guests Daevid Allen and Nik Turner www.myspace.com/saturniamusic RUSSIA DUDIN, SERGEY - Guitar-filled prog/fusion/space and just about entirely instrumental SWEDEN BEARDFISH - Fantastic prog rock with heavy Gentle Giant, Mirthrandir, Yezda Urfa and even Spock’s Beard influences. Recommended! Back in stock! SALVA - Great prog rock with a blend of the melodic and the heavy SWITZERLAND PRISMA - If you like Tool you should enjoy Prisma http://www.myspace.com/prismaband SPOT - Heavy rock with a touch of blues from 1971 TROCARN - Comeback release after 30 years. Symphonic rock in Pulsar, Ange and even Mike Oldfield style. Great! http://www.myspace.com/trocarn TURKEY KOR TALIH - Brilliant prog rock that could only possibly come out of the Middle East. Loads of Ney (ancient Asian flute), guitars and percussion. Highly recommended! http://www.myspace.com/kortalih1 U.K. BRUFORD, BILL ELEGANT SIMPLICITY - Great new album! EMERSON, KEITH - New digipack edition GENTLE GIANT HOGGWASH - Symph/prog somewhere in between Genesis and Camel. Excellent! http://www.hoggwash.net/media.html IF MAGNA CARTA OCEANSIZE - Reminds me of Porcupine Tree, Tool, Pineapple Thief and Pink Floyd http://www.myspace.com/oceansizeuk ODIN DRAGONFLY - Mostly Autumn side project with Heather Findlay and Angela Gordon. Beautiful vocal tracks backed by piano, acoustic guitar and flute http://www.myspace.com/odindragonfly PARHELIA - Melodic instrumental guitar progressive quite similar to Porcupine Tree and Pineapple Thief. Good stuff! http://www.myspace.com/parhelia PM - With Carl Palmer QANGO - With John Wetton, Carl Palmer, John Young and Dave Kilminster QUATERMASS - 70’s heavy prog rock trio RARE BIRD - Another set of new editions SPRING - Early 70s' mellotron classic http://www.myspace.com/springuk1970s STEAMHAMMER TRIPPA - Rob Reed and Christina Booth side project. Symphonic pop UK USA A CHINESE FIREDRILL - Chroma Key and Porcupine Tree followers will enjoy this http://www.myspace.com/joeyvera AZURETH - Excellent 2nd album D’ARCANA - Very good progressive band with a sound all their own but do borrow from time to time from bands such as VDGG, King Crimson and Yes FERRIS MUDD - Very much like the melodic side of Porcupine Tree http://www.myspace.com/ferrismudd FULTON, DAVE/GILES REAVES - Stunning electronic music straight out of the 70’s Berlin school. Recommended! RUDESS, JORDAN - Great tribute album! GLASS HAMMER - New album with the assistance of Jon Anderson OBLIVION SUN - Standard release of this great Happy The Man offshoot www.myspace.com/oblivionsun SINGULARITY - 3rd album is finally here. Another great one! JAPANESE MINI LP SLEEVE CD’s ALARCEN, JEAN PIERRE EDEN ROSE MONACO, DONELLA DEL PM QANGO SANDROSE UK VENEGONI & CO. PROGRESSIVE METAL CD’s PATHOSRAY SIEGES EVEN SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE DVD’s BEST OF KRAUTROCK - Amon Duul II, Birth Control, Can, Eloy, Embryo, Epitaph, Frumpy, Guru Guru, Jane, Kraftwerk, Lothar Meid, Lucifer’s Friend, Novalis, Passport & Popol Vuh CAMEL RENAISSANCE WIGWAM/JUKKA GUSTAVSON LP's COLOUR HAZE COLOUR HAZE/GAS GIANT COLOUR HAZE/HYPNOS 69 HYPNOS 69 |